Precious Paws Animal Rescue

Precious Paws Animal Rescue We are a 501c3 non-profit animal foster/rescue organization, founded in 2001, located in Franklin, PA
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We are a not-for-profit animal foster/rescue organization, founded in 2001, located in Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Zeus and Rocky enjoyed playing in the snow today. Both are available to adopt. Zeus is still a baby. He is only 9-10 m...
01/06/2025

Zeus and Rocky enjoyed playing in the snow today. Both are available to adopt. Zeus is still a baby. He is only 9-10 months old and has some more growing to do. He is lab mixed with something bigger!
Rocky is a 3 year old chocolate lab. To adopt please visit our website for an application. www.pparfranklin.com

Ike would like you to know that Easter is 3 months away and he wants a home before the bunny shows up! Ike is an adult ...
01/05/2025

Ike would like you to know that Easter is 3 months away and he wants a home before the bunny shows up! Ike is an adult around 2-3 years old and loves attention. He tolerates other cats and dogs. He will make someone a great lap cat! To adopt please visit our website for an application.

We took in a 9 week old litter of pitty-Boston Terrier babies. Meet our country Crooner litter. There are 4 boys, Hank,...
01/04/2025

We took in a 9 week old litter of pitty-Boston Terrier babies. Meet our country Crooner litter. There are 4 boys, Hank, Waylon, Luke and Jelly Roll. The 2 girls are Lainey and Reba. They wont be ready to go to new homes for a month or so because they need vetted first, but you can apply to adopt at www.pparfranklin.com under adopt.

Meet Lainey, she and her 5 siblings will be available for adoption in about a month. They are Boston Terrier mixes. 9...
01/04/2025

Meet Lainey, she and her 5 siblings will be available for adoption in about a month. They are Boston Terrier mixes. 9 weeks old. There are 4 boys, Hank, Waylon, Luke and Jelly Roll. The 2 girls are Lainey and Reba.

At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even about what you have accomplished. It’s about who you have li...
01/04/2025

At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even about what you have accomplished. It’s about who you have lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.

Today Santa and Mrs Clause made a trip from the North Pole to visit with the animals of Precious Paws. They brought some sweets for the kennel staff and a large check in memory of Emily. If you have ever visited with the cats in the front room, you have been in Emily’s Smitten Kitten Room. Emily was a beautiful girl inside and out. She dedicated her short life to helping animals.
The organization Clauses for Causes chose Emily and Precious Paws to donate to this holiday season.

01/03/2025

“They come to her. They find her instinctively, the strays, the abandoned, the forgotten, the traumatized, the lost and wounded.

It isn't because of a sign on her door, but the love in her heart. She's a rescuer, a healer, a fosterer, a friend to animals and people.

It's her calling from above
to make it safe and love them whole. And she does.”

- Jody Doty,
Meditations and Musings by
Jody Doty (2023)

[Image: Darklings oil on canvas by New York poet and painter Jeanie Tomanek.]

The Smart Witch by Elizabeth

Classic The Smart Witch
Post from 01 December 2023

We are going to address the issue of the dog that was surrendered to Precious Paws and the former owner who is now reque...
01/02/2025

We are going to address the issue of the dog that was surrendered to Precious Paws and the former owner who is now requesting to adopt her dog back.

We're going to keep this strictly to facts and everything we say is supported by video/photograph/phone records/people. We will make no further statements on the matter, especially since the former owner is threatening legal action. We look forward to resolving this in the court system if she chooses to pursue it further.

Java was surrendered to Precious Paws at the request of the original poster. That individual made the phone calls to PPAR for us to take the dog. At no point was any mention of domestic violence mentioned or any intent to want the dog back in the future. Had she suggested this, we would have told her we are unable to board dogs for owners who are temporarily displaced and referred to a woman's shelter for temporary housing assistance. Our kennel license is a rescue kennel license, and we are not permitted to board animals, nor are we able to accept the liability of doing so. Java was brought to the rescue by the original poster and a companion. When she brought the dog to us, our shelter manager was not at the rescue because she had left to do an animal transport from the veterinary clinic. Java's owners did not arrive at the time scheduled so we weren't sure they were going to come surrender her. A kennel worker accepted the dog, a toy. This is all captured on our Ring cameras. Because Julie, our kennel manager, was not here, it was agreed that the owner would come sign the surrender form and bring the vet records she had the following day. She never came back or provided any information on Java's prior medical records.

Java had some serious skin issues that were not currently being cared for medically by a veterinarian that we were aware of. We took her to our veterinarian, and they developed a treatment regime. She also had low thyroid. She was unable to be spayed at that time due to the severity of her skin issues. We ran testing and bloodwork. She received vaccines, microchip, and deworming/flea preventive. The doctor did a treatment plan for her and prescribed medications, which greatly improved the dog's skin over the next four weeks. This was not allergies, as the owner indicated and there is no evidence that the dog had been treated for the skin condition. We have pictures before and after.

On November 19th, the owner called and requested to adopt Java. We did not have any applications for her at that time, so we advised her to come down and fill out the adoption application and we would consider her to adopt the dog. The owner never showed up or filled out the adoption application. We did not hear from her again until December 30th.

As Java's skin healed well enough to do surgery, we had her spayed in mid-December. Despite reports to the contrary in Facebook misinformationland, the dog was not fully vetted and had not been spayed. We never received any vaccine history so we assumed there was none. She definitely was not spayed.

We received an adoption application for Java and went through our screening process of checking vet/personal/rental records. The adopter checked out and met Java and did very well with her. We approved her adoption application. The person had a holiday trip planned so arrangements to pick her up after the trip were agreed upon.

On December 30, the same person who brought Java to us came back and said she had $200 and she wanted her dog back. The shelter manager explained that the dog was pending adoption and no longer available. The dog was not in foster care; she was adopted. The person reached out to one of our fosters, but that foster is not fostering Java.

The Facebook postings began on that date. We have been harassed, trashed, and bashed all over Facebook. Our shelter manager has been getting calls referring to her deceased husband saying "he was better off dead than married to her". This is harassment - cruel and uncalled for.

We are not sharing emails and messages from people familiar with the original owner, nor the owner's former companion, that express concerns with the former owners ability to care properly for Java. We also have witnesses who were there the day she surrendered Java who will reaffirm that the dog was surrendered to Precious Paws with the understanding that the dog will be placed for adoption in a home.

We are a rescue. We take in dogs and cats that do not have homes and find them good homes. We do not profit off animals we take in - Java's medical bills exceeded $1000; we charge a flat $200 adoption fee, regardless of what we put into the dogs. If Java had not been adopted, we would have considered her to readopt her dog; however, this is not the case and we do not feel that we can cancel an adoption that was done in good faith by the new owner of the dog. We are confident that Java's new home is appropriate for her. Having never received an adoption application, we do not know what the former owner's living situation is to determine if she would be a suitable home. Our job is to ensure that the pets that we receive, and place are placed in an appropriate home. We have done that for Java.

How am I supposed to get any work done today?
01/02/2025

How am I supposed to get any work done today?

Meet Evie, we do not know much about this little girl but we are already in love with her. Evie will need to be vetted...
12/30/2024

Meet Evie, we do not know much about this little girl but we are already in love with her. Evie will need to be vetted before going to a new home but I am sure she will get many inquiries. If you are interested in her please visit our website for an application.

As we close out 2024, the staff at Precious Paws said a happy farewell to our longest resident, Miss Maybelline. May ca...
12/29/2024

As we close out 2024, the staff at Precious Paws said a happy farewell to our longest resident, Miss Maybelline. May came to us in December 2022- she was known as the crying dog in the NC kill shelter. She had a lot of strikes against her- she was black, she was a pittie with dog and cat aggression issues, and she was heartworm positive. We took her anyway. After she arrived, skinny, scarred, and scabby, we realized she was pregnant. She gave birth to a beautiful litter of puppies we called the cosmetic litter. Her babies were adopted one by one, but Maybelline sat here, passed by over and over. Maybelline, though, was never sad. She had a home with us- a warm bed and blanket to sleep on, food in her belly as much as she wanted, and people who loved her. She loved her stuffed animals and May always got the biggest and best (which she usually shredded within a day, but, boy oh boy, was she happy as a clam doing so). Her scabs healing, her scars mostly faded, she gained weight and her flaky coat glistened. She did develop mammary tumors, which we removed and biopsyed (fortunately benign). Rick, one of our volunteers, likes to take our dogs out for socializing and promote them for adoption. We would put a sign on May’s cage, “Maybelline is with Rick”. In one of his posts, a wonderful guy named Kevin saw the post. He was buying a house, no other pets. He came to meet her twice. It was an instant hit. We waited until he got moved in and ready for his new best friend. Today, we met at PPAR to finalize our miracle adoption. The people who love May and the person who was giving her what she deserved - a home of her own. Tears were shed. Smiles abound. Maybelline seemed eager to head out with Kevin. We walked her to the car. She jumped right in. We hugged. More tears. Doors closed and, just like that, Maybelline was gone. There is a sign on her kennel now “Maybelline has gone home with Kevin forever.” Have the best life, baby girl.

12/25/2024

Santa was very busy today but he would never forget the animals in the shelter. He put in a call to his good friend Joe at Cochranton Market Place and ordered a special dinner for both cats and dogs! Thanks Joe and Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! (Especially with full bellies)

More videos in the comments ❤️❤️❤️

12/21/2024

Maybelline will be going home in exactly 1 week. One last Christmas at the rescue. We will miss her but are so happy she is finally going to have a real home of her own.

12/21/2024

Jarvis had to say hello and give some kisses to his favorite people before he picked out his Christmas toy.

12/21/2024

Rocky knew exactly what toy he wanted for Christmas!

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Santa was very busy today but he would never forget the animals in the shelter. He put in a call to his good friend Joe at Cochranton Market Place and ordered a special dinner for both cats and dogs! Thanks Joe and Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! (Especially with full bellies) More videos in the comments ❤️❤️❤️

Maybelline will be going home in exactly 1 week. One last Christmas at the rescue. We will miss her but are so happy she is finally going to have a real home of her own.

Jarvis had to say hello and give some kisses to his favorite people before he picked out his Christmas toy.

Rocky knew exactly what toy he wanted for Christmas!

And this is why the tree at Precious Paws does not have ornaments yet!

Hi I am Cheezit and I y assumed all responsibility of the rescue. I am currently shipping out all the dogs to the North Pole so we can take more cats! Cats Rule and Dogz Drool!

Some of the many adoptable animals at Precious Paws. To adopt, go to www.pparfranklin.com under Adopt to submit an application.

Meet Daisy, she is an 11 years old. She doesn’t know she is a senior. She loves to walk and run. She is such a happy girl. Daisy is pee pad trained and would like to be an only dog. She doesn’t have time for young puppies that want to bug her. She will love you but would prefer to lay beside you and not be picked up. To adopt this wonderful girl please visit our website for an application.

Let us all join together: friends, volunteers, community and board members, and family in celebrating ALL the people who help make life better for the animals at Precious Paws Animal Rescue.

Took Jim Carey for a walk outside. He loves leaves. While he isn’t crazy about the harness he did great!

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